Unusal object close to mars rover

areo.info...
M1_L4L5L5L5L6.jpg.html
Don't know if this has been posted before. Was going through
some rover files and noticed this item in center of the picture. Could be off of the rover, but it'd hard to tell. I'm having problems with the
link.

Spirit spent much of the past week studying a layered rock exposure known as "Montalva." During the study, the rover used the brush on the
rock abrasion tool, the microscopic imager, the alpha-particle X-ray spectrometer that collects information about elemental composition, and the
Moessbauer spectrometer that identifies iron-bearing minerals.

Sol 1070 (Jan. 6, 2006): Spirit unstowed the robotic arm and brushed the surface of Montalva, acquired a microscopic image of the rock, and
placed the alpha-particle X-ray spectrometer on it for elemental analysis. Before shutting down for the evening, Spirit measured atmospheric dust
using the panoramic camera.

Sol 1073: Spirit swung the robotic arm out of view to collect full-color, 13-filter images of Montalva with the panoramic camera and acquired 4 hours
of worth of data using the Moessbauer spectrometer.

This content community relies on user-generated content from our member contributors. The opinions of our members are not those of site ownership who maintains strict editorial agnosticism and simply provides a collaborative venue for free expression.